TMX’s Blog

Interesting week.

The deadline for the first round of the imagine cup is on wednesday.
As I have never mentioned it in this blog, the imagine cup is a programming and design competition run by microsoft. For the category that me and my team mate Darius are entering, top prize is a cool £8000, and even if we don’t win, so long as we get into the final round, we get to go to India for the final.

Round 2 will probably have some visits to MS UK or something, or training days. All very exciting (and labour intensive).

On top of that, I have an ethics essay due in for monday. Nearly finished that though. We have three scenarios (bill x which caused y, discuss.), and have to talk about moral and legal implications. Exciting stuff.

Some nice news though, I’ve applied to join the MS Windows Vista testing team. If I am successful, I will get a beta copy of MS Windows Vista, the next version of windows to use and abuse. It’s not due out until the end of this year, but from what I have seen, it is going to be awsome.

I’ll write a few posts about it if I can, and show you a few pictures. I’ll be under an NDA though (non-dislocure agreement), so I’m not sure how much detail I’ll be able to go into, as if I break it all my soul are belong to Mr Gates.

I’ve just had a crazy idea. I had some Apple stickers (not the fruit, the computer) which I have decided to stick on the side of my case. However, I thought they were not vibrant enough so I have painted them. The first coat is a little rough but I can scrape it away so it is a clean line with a knife. And if it All Goes Horribly Wrong (R) then I can always peel it off, as it is a sticker.

I bought some metal dice

They own.

I’ve also got a new mobile, as the other one seems to have an issue with running for more than a day on a single charge. D750i, T-Mobile, contract. It may not be the flashiest in existance, but it works. And it was free. Well, aside from the line rental.

I need to learn to type properly. I have a fast, but innefficient method (I make far too many mistakes), and being a computer scientist I should *really* be able to type properly. So I shall start. As of 5 minutes time.

I’m now an official member of the BCS, student grade. It’s like the Masons or the Church of Scientology, the BCS have “levels”. Student is the lowest of the low, below even computer enthusiast (apparently, you need a degree to be an enthusiast :/). Still, once I complete my degree I will skip past a load of levels.

I can’t think of anything else to write, so I won’t. I’ll just leave you with a random link.
http://atom.smasher.org/error/